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| espejismo Diglot Senior Member Russian Federation Joined 5052 days ago 498 posts - 905 votes  Speaks: Russian*, English Studies: Spanish, Greek, Azerbaijani | Message 1 of 2 22 July 2011 at 8:31pm | IP Logged |
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I've been to Sao Paulo in 2009, and since the trip was not planned, I had no time to learn any Portuguese. I thought my Spanish would suffice anyway, but that did not turn out to be the case, at least not entirely.
Clerks, shop sellers and the police would invariably say that they don't understand Spanish, even though they usually did when I would continue using it. Some of the younger people with good education knew Spanish quite well, but they would also speak English, which was much better than my Spanish at the time. But since my trip to Brazil was limited to just a few days, I don't really know how prevalent is Spanish in SP. And what about Rio? I just want to satisfy my curiosity. I have to learn some Portuguese before my next trip anyway, because who knows what might happen the next time I get lost without money in Cracolandia... X_X 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| FireViN Diglot Senior Member Brazil missaoitaliano.wordpRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5230 days ago 196 posts - 292 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, EnglishC2 Studies: Italian | Message 2 of 2 22 July 2011 at 9:54pm | IP Logged |
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I'd say that in Rio you can be safe with Spanish. Since it's a touristic city (well, São Paulo too, but obviously for business and stuff), people well be a little more patient and used to tourists. Portuguese is the best choice, anyway, but you won't have much problem with slow Spanish. Now, if you want to understand what people are saying, you'll have to be ery patient too, I guess.
Most part of people in Brazil speak poor English or no English at all, but luckily you'll find someone who can speak it at decent level. Even if SP city has many Bolivian/Latin american immigrants, I guess Spanish in Rio will be used much more. In my town (1 hour from SP), for example, it's easier to hear Mandarin than Spanish. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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